City Arts & Lectures with Litquake: the Pulitzer-winning playwright and novelist on his new novel The Radiance, interviewed by Karen Russell.
Recorded for KQED broadcast in November. A seated theatre talk, which makes it workable for older teenagers.
Getting There
- MVan Ness Station OutboundMuni Metro J K L M N · 0.1 mi, about 4 min walk
- MMarket St & Van Ness AveF Market & Wharves streetcar · 0.1 mi, about 4 min walk
- BCivic Center / UN Plaza BART0.4 mi, about 10 min walk
Transit directions, including buses
Nearest Muni Metro, streetcar and cable car stops and BART stations, from SFMTA and BART published stop data. Distances are straight-line, and walking times are our estimate. Buses aren’t listed here.
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Getting there by Muni
Nearest BART: Civic Center / UN Plaza, about 9 min walk.
Straight-line distance from the venue; check SFMTA for times and service changes. From our Events by Muni data, October 5, 2026.
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Cite this page: Project SF, “The Radiance: Ayad Akhtar with Karen Russell”, projectsf.com/events/the-radiance-ayad-akhtar-with-karen-russell/ (updated ).